Educational Foundations.

Catalog description

This course introduces major sociological theories, key education history and policy, current and reoccurring equity debates in education---concepts fundamental to educational leadership, policy, and doctoral research. It includes a survey of seminal theorists, social theory, and its application; key historical events, facts, policies, and decisions that influence and situate contemporary educational practice; and important equity debates, such as segregation and tracking, access and quality, public and private roles, testing and accountability, and others.